Enjoy the Tenderloin Schiacciatta and a brunch cocktail at the Strip Club Meat and Fish in St. Paul.

CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com,

Check, Please: Get out and brunch

July 26, 2013 - 6:31 PM

There’s something for everyone at the charming Harriet Brasserie, with choices along the lines of cheddar grits with crayfish and andouille sausage, a fully loaded crab Benedict and a pretty salad version of a smoked salmon-cream cheese bagel, with most prices falling in the $9-$11 range. 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

2724 W. 43rd St., Mpls., 612-354-2197, www.harrietbrasserie.com

Night owl Nightingale is now in the brunch business, and the $9-$13 menu is full of delicious ideas: shrimp with white grits, chive biscuits with ham and a mushroom gravy, masa cakes with slow-roasted pork shoulder and poached eggs and flapjacks with rhubarb compote. The bar keeps up with a half-dozen $8 midday cocktails. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.

2551 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls., 612-354-7060, www.nightingalempls.com

At the Strip Club Meat & Fish, chef JD Fratzke caters to morning-after appetites with steak and eggs, a towering pancake-fried egg-ham stack, a marvelous duck confit hash, a breakfast BLT, curry-teased deviled eggs and more, with most prices in the $12-and-under range. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.